JUDGMENT

K. RAMASWAMY, J. - These applications are sequential to the judgment rendered by this Court in A.S. Narayana Deekshitulu v. State of A.P. [(1996) 9 SCC 548]. Therein, while upholding the constitutionality of various provisions, in particular, Sections 34 and 144 of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 (30 of 1987) (for short, "the Act"), in para 132 of the judgment, this Court mentioned about total number of temples and of the temples which are assessable institutions and the income being derived by them. It observed that the said information was furnished for the first time in the written arguments after the arguments had concluded and judgment was reserved; accordingly, it directed the State Government to look into the same and take a decision in that behalf by constituting a committee of officers enumerated therein. In para 133, this Court mentioned that hereditary right to appointment as an Archaka or other officers was abolished and that holders thereof were required to be rehabilitated and given regular scales of pay and comforts. Accordingly, the Committee was directed to go into the question of rationalisation of th